On November 3, 1991, Freddy officially announced that he had AIDS...
And just the next day, his fight against the disease was over...
He died quietly at home, surrounded by family and friends...
The world was shocked. Freddy kept his illness a secret and no one, except the people closest to him, suspected that the end was so near. Fans all over the world sent flowers and postcards, and many went to London just to stand at his house. A small funeral ceremony took place at the crematorium three days after his death. She was attended only by the closest people, and she passed strictly in Zoroastrian traditions - a religion that Freddie's parents steadily adhered to. In April, Brian was invited by the London advertising agency to write music for Ford's advertising campaign. Created for this purpose, the song Driven By You turned out to be so successful (and, as it turned out, popular) that Brian released it on his first solo single on November 25th. He entered the top ten of the British charts. In memory of Freddie and in favor of the Terence Higgins Foundation, which continues to fight AIDS, as Freddie’s last wish said, a single was released with two sides A - Bohemian Rhapsody and These Are The Days Of Our Lives. The single immediately hit the No. 1 spot on the UK charts, where it lasted 5 weeks, raising over £ 1 million to fight AIDS.
In December 1991, at least 10 Queen albums were in the top hundred in the UK.
In February 1992, Freddy was posthumously awarded the BRIT Special Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and of the three songs presented, Queen Days Of Our Lives received the award for the best single of 1991. At the awards ceremony, Roger and Brian announced that a grand concert was planned at the Wembley Stadium in London - as a tribute to Freddy.
The next day, tickets for this concert went on sale, and although it had not yet been announced who, apart from Brian, Roger and John would take part in it, the tickets were sold out in 6 hours.
On Easter Monday, April 20, 1992, many world stars joined Brian, Roger, and John, and a grand concert in memory of Freddy took place on the stage erected at Wembley Stadium. The stadium was packed to capacity, and more than a billion viewers watched this concert on television.
In April 1992, Queen received another award for the best single Days Of Our Lives, and Brian also received an award for music for television advertising - for the song Driven By You.
In September 1992, Brian's long-awaited Back To The Light album finally saw the light of day. In 1993, Brian held a series of concerts in Europe and the USA in support of the album. Guns N`Roses participated in several concerts. Before Christmas 1992, a double video album with a concert in memory of Freddy was released, all the proceeds from which were earmarked for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, a fund specially organized to collect income from this concert with the prospect of further growth. Funds from this fund are spent on helping people living with HIV and AIDS. In 1993, Freddy posthumously received Ivor Novello for his hit Living On My Own. Brian went on tour with The Brian May Band and one of the concerts at Brixton Academy was filmed and released on a live album in 1994.
In September 1994, Roger released the 3rd solo album Happiness. In support of the album, a concert tour of Europe was arranged.
By November 1995, Brian, Roger, and John had completed songs that began recording back in 1991.
The long-awaited Made In Heaven album has been released worldwide. Many consider it the end of an era, as it was announced that this is the group’s last album. In May 1997, Queen received the award for the best song (both words and music) - Too Much Love Will Kill You.
On November 3, 1997, Queen Rocks compilation was released, which included many of the band's rock hits. It included the new song No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young), written by Brian and dedicated to Freddie, as well as everyone who died young. On the occasion of the release of the new album, Brian and Roger gave a press conference in Cologne. November 13, they were in Barcelona on the occasion of the presentation of the Golden Disc from the Dutch EMI. January 5, 1998, in the UK released the single No-One But You.
It was planned to release archived videos and concert material. Brian and Roger recorded solo albums and intended to go on tour later. A video game featuring Queen music was also released; A large photo exhibition traveled around the world, showing Freddie’s pictures. Queen is one of the most collectible groups in the whole world, and their fan club is strong as always.
After Freddy’s death, the rest of the participants tried not to destroy what he so diligently built, recorded new albums, reissued old hits, but all this was not the same as before. Fans of the group are sure that with the idea of Queen, Freddie also passed away...
The End